John Adams High School - Clipper Yearbook (Ozone Park, NY)

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ETIIAYAL It IIN Ill Ill llli 9 E C Ox 2 QW X ..' .ff 5 uv'-' x Skt X IOHN STEIGER xxxx ft? S X XX SLOWLY AND painfully, lim Casey, right halfback for the Central High eleven, picked himself up. Stopped every time, he thought to himself, not a single play has clicked yet. Only three minutes remained for the half. If only they could hold that ball. Quickly, he filled up his position in the huddle, just in time to hear Artie Mackey, the quarterback of the team, say, Come on, fellows, we'll try Number 6. That's your play, he said to Ben Fuller, the big, brawny full- back. Put it over that 45 yard line for our first down Ill try answered Ben They lined up Then Art called the numbers swiftly 23 24 25 38 26 and the numbers rang out clear and true The ball snapped nght back into Fullers hands He gathered t m and started for the openmg made between guard and tackled for him He hit the openmg square in the middle yet there seemed to be some force hold mg him back He felt himself sinking slowly to the ground Then he used every ounce of strength and gave one more mighty heave As if hit by a solid bnck wall he fell to the ground There they were right in the m1d dle of nowhere What were they go ing to do? Only a couple of minutes to go to the half said Evans the lightning right end Its their down on our 45 yard line he added Do you thmk we can hold them until the whistle? asked Mackey As if by some magical touch they all shouted yes at once They quickly regamed their footing and walked to their positions The first play was around end but the ball carner was thrown for a three yard loss by Ioe Evans the right end The second went threw center for six yards. Then the whistle blew and the half was over. At the end of the half on their own 45 yard line. They slowly trotted to the dress- ing room. Once in the dressing room, Grimes, the coach. said, Well, fellows, what's wrong? We don't know, answered Fuller. Do you, coach? asked Evans. Yes, I think I do, answered Grimes. But I'm not going to tell you. I think I'll leave that up to Shaw, our center, to explain I've been doing a little checking up and I thmk he could explain 1t better than I Maybe he doesnt care to talk I dont know what you are talking about he stammered Perhaps I can refresh your mem ory said Grimes It all happened about three weeks ago when you went out of bounds when you werent supposed to What actually happened I dont know but maybe you had better tell us All right said Shaw still showing a little of his fright It happened 1ust l1ke coach said I went out of bounds one night Thought I needed a little fun a different kind of l1fe than I was leading here lust all studies backaches from football remarks from my teachers no fun at all I went to one of the nightclubs ui town and got myself into a ruce gamblmg debt of S150 Iust a few days before this big game today with Van Courtland High the nightclub manager told me to have the money by game time or else I didnt know what to do It must have been all planned Because the captam of the Van Courtland team came over to me yesterday when I was m town and asked if I wanted to repay that S150 debt I owed to the nightclub All I had to , ,, . . . Il I II ' ' . 1 11 I I ll I - n lt I I I I I 1 . I 1 - i u 'II s I I 15 , . 1 . 1 1 I . . . - l - - - tt - . In 1 1 D . . . I ll ' 1 . . ,. . . . . . 11 . . . . , t. 11 - 1 fww I . . 4 ,Q if Ta: r 1 ff 1 ' ' me JWQMF ' Af' l . 1A,1, .f ' . C I 'Ns' Q K Z1-L :1 .,4 1 7' ii ,ig-S ' ,, x fqxawk ssl 1' X X .,. . VV

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gest lob that was to be done Our yob the wmmng of the peace xs the hugest undertaking of all As ln all thmgs m hfe so m th1s search for an effectlve peace plan hrst thmgs must come hrst For thou sands of year men have been search mg for a plan a form of govemment or a set of laws that would enable them to form a perfect socmety wh1ch 1LlSllC9 was supreme ln wh1ch everyone was contented and m wh1ch here would be no 1mportant prob lems Such an zdeal socmety has never been created Why? Because of the lack of a sultable system Hardly smce every concexvable system known to man has been tned before and has falled to produce the deslred result The fault thus l1es not ln the system but rather w1th the 1nd1v1duals who are governed by the systems EXCGSSIVG bureaucracy red tape and corruptlon do not result from our orm of government but rather from the corrupt 1nd1v1duals ln our mxdst Thus an xmportant thmg to remember IS that govemments nat1ons and sys tems are all art1f1c1al creatlons created to govem the hves of lndl v1duals It 15 the 1nd1v1duals who efhc1ent and 1ust and systems success ful ThlS may be compared to a bed ol flowers The bed ltself has no 1 e that determlne the character1st1cs of e bed If the flowers are beautiful e the flowers are unattractlve the bed wx not be very pleasmg to the eye It IS the flowers Wllhln the bed bed w1ll reflect th1s beauty If Sxmmlarly any proposed peace plans success w1ll depend largely 1f not entlrely on the cooperatlon f every 1nd1v1dual 1n every natlon of the world Wxth the full realxzatlon of 9 the fact that there w11l always be selhsh ev1l cymcal people e world vt 15 absolutely necessary that all the decent peace of the word regardless of race color class or creed 1o1n xn a common bond of frlendshxp to thwart the deslres of these selhsh few Th1s common bond of fr1endsh1p cannot be effected by a proclamatlon or a law It must Spflng from the heart and soul of each and every one of the peace lov mg people of the world lovmg people Thus each and every one of us has a vltal role ln the world of tomorrow for before we can 1mprove the world we must 1mprove ourselves Umversal self1mprovement w1ll be the surest guarantee of unlversal peace We certamly should get enough msplra tlon for the d1ff1cult job ahead from the great sacnhces made by men all over the world to save the world from tyranny In fact the famous m1 t1als of a man who gave lus l1fe for that purpose should form the comer stone of a new world F D R Free dom decency and nghteousness ,, lf , 174 4500 l I I IQ! fd! 1 ,fl 4.0! fill- If fl dll XI 1 tn l 0 9 .O 00 I 1l::Tl AA-1 ' l . I . . It . I .I . in th .I - ' l 1 . ' . . . . - make nations strong, governments ' jjfaf, ' . . 1 I f ' . lf . f ' fgy . . . I Xl --- . .. th ff - ,I X ' :n . - ,th , f rea., I ' I . 'f ' , 'll , Q ll 4 : ' r ,Q I i ' 0 f?El.hl I - - I I. ' . . . 0 - . . . ' W-I' . wg-

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do was to glve h1m the slgnals or our play He sa1d he wouldnt say anythmg All he wanted to do was to wm and he dzdnt care how he won as long as h1s eleven won Not know mg how to get thls money we made the deal and he pa1d me part of the money Ln advance and he agreed to glve me the rest when I gave h1m the slgnals Yesterday afternoon I gave h1m the slgnals and I recelved the rest of the money I malled 1t to the gamblers I wlsh you fellows could know what Ive been through smce then All I can say IS Im sorry Sorry thats a whole lot 1snt 1t'-' sa1d Mackay scornfully Oh shut up sa1d Evans Whats done 1S done We cant help 1t now We got to th1nk of somethmg to do We must wm There must be some solutlon sa1d Evans Ive got 1t fellows shouted Shaw Sp1ll 1t qu1ckly only have a mm ute and a half left between halfs Well you all know how our sxg nals run on even numbers Smce they run on even numbers they run pretty hlgh Well 1f we reverse the numbers we w1ll have the Van Courtland team all m1xed up because they have our old plays What do you say asked Shaw when he fmlshed h1s explana txon Lets go yelled Fuller The Central H1gh eleven quickly trotted out onto the held and took thelr pos1t1ons They held Van Courtland for four downs wtthout any gam. Now came the test The srgnals rang clear 28 38 36 46 yelled Mackey The Van Courtland lme moved ll sw1ftly to the nght sxde ready for an off tackle play The ball came to Mackey and he moved towards the center of the lme There 1t was a hole as blg as the door of a bam wlde open Off he sped wrth Casey as h1s lnterference Down they sped unt1l only the safety man remalned between them and the goal lme Casey lunged and hut h1m squarely as Mackey went on for the touch down The extra k1ck and the score was t1ed 7 7 The crowds yells seemed to cheer the Central H1gh team on There the two teams battled unt1l elght mmutes of the last quar ter Van Courtland s ball on the1r own 20 yard lme A k1ck by the rlght half back on Van Courtlands team wh1ch traveled 72 yards before Casey got h1S hands on 1t Off Casey sped unt1l yard lme Only s1x mlnutes left to play FIISI down and four to go A play around end netted S1X yards carrled by Ben Fuller A plunge through the mlddle gamed two more yards the ball car ned by Casey The Central H1gh team l1ned up the ball IS touched by the quarterback and Shaw the center stands up and throws a 45 yard pass to Evans who grabs 1t and IS over for the wmnmg touchdown as he stra1ght armed the safety man The crowd cheers as the ftrmg of the gun ends the game Suddenly a cheer breaks out from the members of the team Shaw Shaw What s more We want more of SHAW SHAW The tears streamed down h1s face as he stepped mto lme w1th fnends h1s fnends . , I I , . Il 1 . 1 . 11 ' ' ' '- I I u u 11 1 l u 1 ' ' ' , I 1 I ' . ll I ' ' I Think, fellows, think, said Fuller. he was brought down on hw Own 48 ll . ll . ' l , . Ill ' ' I I I I I I . . 1 U 1 1 . , .. 1 il ' W I I I 1 I '